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  2. Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    The city of Rio de Janeiro proper was founded on 1 March 1565 by the Portuguese, led by Estácio de Sá, including Antônio de Mariz . It was named São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, in honour of St. Sebastian, the saint who was the namesake and patron of the Portuguese then-monarch Sebastião. Rio de Janeiro was the

  3. 2025 Rio Open - Wikipedia

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    The 2025 Rio Open, also known as Rio Open presented by Claro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's tennis tournament to be played on outdoor clay courts. It will be the 11th edition of the Rio Open, and part of the ATP Tour 500 tournaments of the 2025 ATP Tour. It will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 17 and 23 February ...

  4. History of Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Attack of French Villegagnon island by the Portuguese on 15 March 1560. The acclamation ceremony of King John VI of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6 February 1818 Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro View of Rio de Janeiro from the church of the monastery of São Bento c. 1820

  5. Rio de Janeiro's hottest day in at least a decade sends ... - AOL

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    Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) on Monday as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off. It was the highest ...

  6. Timeline of Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Rio de Janeiro, Great Cities, Time-Life Books, 1977, OL 4292341M – via Open Library; Mary C. Karasch, Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1850 (Princeton University Press, 1987) Jeffrey D. Needell, A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro (Cambridge University Press, 1987)

  7. Rio de Janeiro (state) - Wikipedia

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    The original demonym for the State of Rio de Janeiro is fluminense, from Latin flumen, fluminis, meaning "river".While carioca (from Old Tupi) is an older term, first attested in 1502, fluminense was sanctioned in 1783, twenty years after the city had become the capital of the Brazilian colonies, as the official demonym of the Royal Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro and subsequently of the Province ...

  8. Greater Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Greater Rio de Janeiro, officially the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (Grande Rio, officially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest in South America. It consists of 22 municipalities, including the state ...

  9. Geography of Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    The largest urban forest in the world is the Floresta da Pedra Branca (White Rock Forest), which is located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. [42] The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro or PUC-Rio), Brazil's top private university, is located at the edge of the forest, in the Gávea ...

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